Tweets containing Hartley’s details also began doing the rounds on the social network.

Backlash has extended to the ANC Western Cape as well, who has laid a charge against Hartley with the SA Human Rights Commission.

Vanessa Hartley isn’t the first South African to get into trouble over a Facebook or Twitter post this year. Penny Sparrow and Matthew Theunissen have also come under the spotlight for comments made on social media.

Andy Walker

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